Um eine Gewichtsverschiebung zwischen den einzelnen Säulen der Alterssicherung zu erreichen, wurden in den vergangenen Jahren auch die Rahmenbedingungen für die betriebliche Altersvorsorge verbessert. So wurde für Arbeitnehmer der Anspruch auf Entgeltumwandlung eingeführt, was erlaubt, Teile...

This paper describes the German pension reform process 1992-2007 with a stress on a remark-able development: the public pay-as-you-go-financed pension system has almost silently moved from a traditional defined benefit system to a system which works in many respects like a defined contribution...

Um eine Gewichtsverschiebung zwischen den einzelnen Säulen der Alterssicherung zu erreichen, wurden in den vergangenen Jahren auch die Rahmenbedingungen für die betriebliche Altersvorsorge verbessert. So wurde für Arbeitnehmer der Anspruch auf Entgeltumwandlung eingeführt, was erlaubt, Teile...

The paper examines the long-term implications of various reform options on retirement entry decisions and the actual retirement age of older workers. It focuses on the changes in pension legislation since 1992 and the reform options discussed by the German Social Security Reform Commission...

Public pensions – the primary pillar of old-age income provision – will, in the future, be less generous than they have been in the past, in particular owing to the impact of demographic change. The pension gap is supposed to be plugged by the second and third pillars of pension...

Germany still has a very generous public pay-as-you-go pension system. It is characterized by early effective retirement ages and very high effective replacement rates. Most workers receive virtually all of their retirement income from this public retirement insurance. Costs are almost 12...

This paper is motivated by the idea to create, wherever possible, rational mechanisms that adapt pension systems automatically to a changed economic and demographic environment, rather than to leave such adaptations to discretionary high-profile pension reforms which all too often stir political...

Over and again, the reduction of working time is praised as the instrument against unemployment in Europe. While the first round argument appears obvious – less work for some will create more work for others – second round repercussions, such as consequential labor cost increases,...

The paper examines the generosity of the European welfare state towards the elderly. It shows how various dimensions of the welfare regimes have changed during the recent 10-15 years and how this evolution was related to the process of economic integration. Dimensions include general generosity...

Global aging will be a major determinant of long run economic development in industrial and developing countries. The extent of the demographic changes is dramatic and will deeply affect future labor, financial and goods markets. The expected strain on public budgets and especially social...